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Vanguard 3 - Orbit

View from above orbital plane
View from above orbital plane
View from above satellite
View from above satellite

Ground track
Ground track

The orbit is defined by the following mean orbital elements,

1 00020U          26128.80895659 +.00000000 +00000-0 +14968-3 0 00005
2 00020  33.3491  48.7026 1637703 202.5047 149.4829 11.61944420    00
Epoch (UTC): 08 May 2026 19:24:53
Eccentricity: 0.1637703
inclination: 33.3491°
perigee height: 507 km
apogee height: 3204 km
right ascension of ascending node: 48.7026°
argument of perigee: 202.5047°
revolutions per day: 11.61944420
mean anomaly at epoch: 149.4829°

The dashed part of the orbit path shows where the satellite is in the earth's shadow,  

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